City of Chicago / Chicago Police Department / Assistant General Counsel
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Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
1 employees hold this title in Chicago Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $146,808, above the department median of $115,158.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 28,320 people — is $165,660. Chicago Police Department pays a median base salary of $146,808 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chicago Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Chicago Police Department’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 44th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Chicago Police Department is $146,808, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
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Assistant General Counsel/Chicago Police Department
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Vaughn Ganiyu holds the role of Assistant General Counsel at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $146,808.